Articles tagged 'Shostakovich'
String Theory 4: String Orchestras
Ever willful, Pettersson forges sternly lyric melodies in which every pitch counts. Typical of the composer, gorgeous tonal moments, usually cadential, emerge from dissonance.
String Theory 4: String Orchestras
Ever willful, Pettersson forges sternly lyric melodies in which every pitch counts. Typical of the composer, gorgeous tonal moments, usually cadential, emerge from dissonance.
Mostly Symphonies 12: Russian Angles
These two scores for films by Elem Klimov are wonderful discoveries… Both scores run rampant over moods and styles, and some may find the electric guitars and Esquivel-like flourishes a bit campy.
Mostly Symphonies 12: Russian Angles
These two scores for films by Elem Klimov are wonderful discoveries… Both scores run rampant over moods and styles, and some may find the electric guitars and Esquivel-like flourishes a bit campy.
Shostakovich States: “Masters are playing.”
Formed in 1922 as the Moscow Conservatory Quartet, the Beethoven got its permanent name in 1931 along with recognition as the top Soviet quartet — seven years before Shostakovich wrote his first.
Shostakovich States: “Masters are playing.”
Formed in 1922 as the Moscow Conservatory Quartet, the Beethoven got its permanent name in 1931 along with recognition as the top Soviet quartet — seven years before Shostakovich wrote his first.
Four Symphonies: Reduced, Amplified, Completed and Unnecessary
One needs but a moment to get used to the intimate café texture whose Viennese litheness underscores the exquisite Schubertian opening dip.
Four Symphonies: Reduced, Amplified, Completed and Unnecessary
One needs but a moment to get used to the intimate café texture whose Viennese litheness underscores the exquisite Schubertian opening dip.
Random Noise 2
Russia and the USA, Shostakovich and Feldman
Dear La Folia 9.
Thinking back to my last missive and your parenthetical comment, I withheld the brand name of the DAC I was auditioning…
Dear La Folia 9.
Thinking back to my last missive and your parenthetical comment, I withheld the brand name of the DAC I was auditioning…
Scardanelli’s Motley
Thomas Bucholz, a German composer of whom I know nothing, was born in Thuringia in 1961.
Scardanelli’s Motley
Thomas Bucholz, a German composer of whom I know nothing, was born in Thuringia in 1961.